New results for NbN phonon-cooled hot electron bolometric mixers above 1 THz

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 3, 1999, Pages 4217-4220

  Gerecht, E ^a   Musante, C F ^a   Jian, H ^a   Yngvesson, K S ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTRONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HOT CARRIERS; NITRIDES; PHONONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

FILM THICKNESS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; NIOBIUM NITRIDE FILM; PHONON COOLING;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0032670387     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.783955     Document Type: Article

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